On May Day, From Coast to Coast TPS Essential Workers On The Frontlines Of The Covid-19 Pandemic Join Caravans to Ask Elected Officials “¿Y Nosotros Que?” “What About Us?”
Nationwide Full Day Live Coverage Here:
https://www.facebook.com/RadioJornalera/
Participant Cities (See details at the bottom):
Washington D.C.
San Francisco
Las Vegas
*TPS Workers available for interviews
Nationwide. – On Friday May 1st, on International Workers’ Day, hundreds of TPS workers nationwide will join caravans in different states to uplift the stories of undocumented and TPS workers who are putting their own health at risk as essential workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. From home healthcare, food processors, grocery stores, manufacturing and other essential jobs, more than 130,000 TPS beneficiaries are exposing themselves to the risk of infection.
Immigrant labor is accepted in this country even as immigrants’ humanity is denied by systematic exclusion. That is why this caravan will be asking, demanding: “¿Y nosotros que? (What About Us?)” While those in power ignore their stories of hard work and struggle, we will uplift them! Immigrants are Essential!
The TPS community will be facing the tragic reality of deportation in less than a year, if Congress does not act. May Day is a day to honor workers, and today, it is clear that TPS workers – day laborers, janitors, and every aspect of food service industries – are all essential parts of our economy, of our communities. We don’t just contribute, we subsidize US industries. With our labor, with our poverty, with our health, with our lives. While millions are safe at home, we are out, we keep it running.
CARAVAN DETAILS PER STATE:
WASHINGTON DC AREA:
May 1, 2020 at 9:00AM EST
PRESS CONTACT:
Felipe Arnoldo Diaz (919) 264 8466 or [email protected]
Nelsy Umanzor (240) 705-4984 or [email protected]
PRESS CONFERENCE:
Union Market 300 Morse St NE, Washington, DC 20002, 11:45 AM
PARTICIPANT ORGANIZATIONS:
- Trabajadores Unidos de Washington DC
- TPS Baltimore Committee
- TPS Woodbridge Committee
- TPS Washington DC Committee
- TPS Maryland Committee
- National TPS Alliance
- NDLON
CARAVAN STARTING POINT:
Parking Mennonite Church (4217 East West Hwy, Hyattsville MD 20782)
CARAVAN STOPS:
- Washington Hospital Center 110 Irving St. NW Washington DC 20010
- Howard University Hospital 2041 Georgia Avenue, Washington DC 20060
- Home Depot 901 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, DC 20018
- Union Market 1309 5th St NE, Washington, DC 20002
- Sentara Hospital Medicine Physicians 2300 Opitz Blvd, Woodbridge, VA 22191
- Capitol Hill 100 Maryland Avenue, SW. Washington DC 20024 United States
SAN FRANCISCO, CA:
May 1, 2020 at 11:00 AM EST
PRESS CONTACT:
Claudia Lainez (510) 692-3303 or [email protected]
STARTING POINT AND PRESS CONFERENCE:
Nancy Pelosi’s Office,
90 7th St San Francisco, California 94103, at 11:00AM, PST
LAS VEGAS
May 1, 10:00 AM PST
PRESS CONTACT:
Bliss Requa-Trautz (702) 324-6063 or [email protected]
STARTING POINT AND PRESS CONFERENCE:
953 E Sahara Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89104-3003, United States
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